Cornille Havard Foundry wanted to implement never-done-before casting simulation on bronze alloy-based large bell castings, in order to reduce scrap rates and expand their business in this niche market. The major challenge was to cast these bell castings as large as 7 tons in weight, using a special bronze, with little available data on the material. To help in this effort, the foundry called on CTIF, a French research and development center specialized in metal casting.

THE BENEFITS

. To trade in empiricism for a more accurate numerical approach of the casting process;
. Better knowledge and control of the casting alloy and process;
. Higher quality of the cast bell;
. Early design for manufacturing.
Medium-size bell casting
“The simulation results obtained with QuikCAST along with the material characterization bring us to a better understanding of the fluid flow sequence, thermal exchanges and metallurgical phenomena which appear when casting bells. The principal outcomes were the validation and the optimization of our molding system as well as the possibility to consider the casting of bigger bells in order to enter new markets.”
Didier LINXE, Digital Engineering Manager, CTIF.

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